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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
How many here have never resold a physical book, or record/8-track/cassette/cd, or a videotape/laserdisk/DVD (that they purchased new) in their life? I'm not defending/championing anything here, just asking a question.
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I do resell pbooks, DVDs ect ect and also purchase them used. In the past I would buy a current bestseller for 35% off the going list, read it and then sell it on eBay for more than I paid.
I've purchased many books new and used at garage sales ect and sold them for for a profit. The same for audio books, DVDs and all the like. Physical media lends it self to this and I see no issue with it. It's kind of the American way.
Back at the original topic of not really owning Amazons ebooks. I can understand this to a point as they the devices are almost loss leaders in hopes of recouping the investment on media sales.
This is different from buying an mp3 from iTunes as it can be a royal PITA to move music from the computer or device to another device that I also own. I can't say I've run into that issue from Amazon. Ebooks I've purchase have gone on multiple devices that I've owned with little or no hassle, even with the DRM still in place.
Though that doesn't stand for Audible books. While I can download them to different devices I can't lend or sell them after I finished and AFAIK if I stop subscribing to Audie I lose access to the account and the books if I haven't downloaded them. I can't say I'm happy with this but for the most part the service provided is worth the cost. I've purchased used Audio books but the audible SW and formatting is worth the price so I've just lived with it.
Now as far as retaining ownership ( buying a license or buying the item goes I think most people will see that as semantics) and beiing able to lend or resell a digital item I can see the issue of verifying that only the 1 copy purchased is the one being passed around at any given time is going to come down to the individual actually following the terms of the TOS and as we all know there are ways around all this.
As long as people find the cost reasonable and fair they will follow the rules but the fact that The Pirate Bay and sites like it exist and that they proliferate, a lot of people think the policies are still overdone.
On a side note. There is a reason that "Game of Thrones" is the most pirated tv going. Because they made it to hard to watch legally.